Autographic register.



W. S. IRELAND.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31. 1911.

Patented. Apr. 30. 1918.

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AUTQGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION man JAN. 31. m1.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION man JAN-31,1917.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

WARD S. IRELAND, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Patented Apr. 3d, 191%..

Application filed January 31, 1917. Serial No. 145,590.

To all whom it may concern:

I 3e it known that I, VVARD S. IRELAND, a citizen of'the United States of America, a

resident of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in autographic registers, the object being to generally improve the paper feeding and cuttingdevices of machines of this kind,and

the novelty lies in certain details of con-- struction and certain combinations of elements which will be hereinafter described.

Figure I is a plan view of an autographic register constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. II is an enlarged transverse section illustrating the paper feeding device.

Fig. III is a fragmentary section taken through the center of the rotatable paper core.

Fig. IV is'a detail view of the yieldable elements associated with the paper core.

Fig. V is a side elevation of the machine, one of the side walls of the housing being removed.

Fig. VI is an enlarged fragmentary view of the mechanism shown at the upper portion of Fig. V.

Fig. VI" is a detail view.

Fig. VII is a detail view of the means whereby movement is transmitted from a rack bar to the paper feeding wheels.

Fig. VIII is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section, showing the paper holder and the means for feeding and cutting the paper.

The roll of paper 1 (Figs. V and VIII) preferably consists of three long strips of paper wound together to form a slngle supply roll. The three strips of paper pass from the supply roll 1 to asmall roller 2, thence over a platen or writing tabale 3 to paper feeding wheels orrollers at which pull the three strips of paper from the supply roll and force them to a cutting device whereby the long strips are cut lntq small individual sheets. The cutting device includes stationary blades or knife members 5 and 6, and a vertically movable kn fe member 7. The top strip of paper, designated A. in Fig. VIII passes between the knife members 5 and'ti and is discharged over a deflector 5 to the exterior of the machine. The two lower strips of paper B travel between the knife member 6 and a stationary guide member 8. The strips B are thus guided under the deflector 6 and into a record compartment 9 (Fig. V) provided with an inclined record holder 10 for the individual record sheets formed by the strips B. The. movable knife member 7 (Fig. VIII) cooperates with the stationary knife 6 to out the strips of paper B, thereafter cooperating with the stationary knife 5 to cut the upper strip of paper A.

The platen 8 (Fig. VIII) is provided with copying sheets or transfer sheets 11.

and 12, which may be secured in any suitwheel by means of a rivet as shown in Fig. II,

a rack bar 19 meshing with said pinion 18, said rack bar being loosely connected by a pin 20 to an operating handle 21. This handle is pivoted at 21 and provided with a slot for the reception of pin 20. When the op- 'erating handle is actuated, movement is transmitted .from the rack 19 to the pinion 18, ratchet wheel 17 and pawl 16, thereby actuating the paper feeding wheels and their shaft 15. The feed wheels 4 and the locking wheel 13 are fixed to the shaft 15, but the ratchet wheel 17 and pinion 18 are loosely'mounted on said shaft (Fig. II) movement being transmitted from the ratchet 17 to the pawl 16 on the wheel 13. As a consequence, the pinion 18 may be rotated in one direction to feed the paper, and it may be rotated idly in the opposite direction without actuating the paper feeding wheels. The pawl 16 transmits movement from ratchet wheel 17 during the paper feeding operation, and during the return stroke of the operating handle said ratchet wheel is rotated reversely without transmitting movement through the pawl 16.

At the end of the paper feeding operation, the paper feeding device is positively locked,

paper is at rest. When the handle occupies the normal or starting position shown in V and VI, the-rack 19 meshes with the pinion 18, and at the end of the paper feeding operation the rack passes from the pinion to discontinue the paper feeding operation. At this time two teeth of the-pinion engage a plain face 19 (Fig. 'VI) which forms a continuation of the rack 19, thus locking the pinion while the operating handle continues in motion to actuate the movable knife member. By engagingthe plain stop the shaft 15 and its feed wheels 4. The

stop dog 27 is in the form of a lever pivotally supported at 28 and provided with an abutment face at its upper end which cooperates with the locking w'heel13. Aspring 29 tendsto force the stop dog 27 into-engagement with the locking wheel 13. 3O designates a lever pivoted at 31 and adapted to engage the lower portion of the stop dog 27 to retain the latter in an inoperative positionwherein it does notengage the looking wheel 13. This lever 30 is loosely connected to the operating handle by means of a link 32 having a slot for the reception of a pin 33 on the operating handle. Upon the completion of the paper feeding opera tion, when theteeth of rack 19 pass from the pinion 18, the pin 33 on the operating handle engages the abutment 33 at one end of the slotted link 32, so as to release the lever 30 from the stop dog 27, thereby allowing the spring 29 to move said dog into engagement with the locking wheel 13. This positively locks the paper feeding wheels, and when the operating handle is eventually restored to its starting position, the pin 33 carried by said handle, engages a pin 34 on the slotted link 32 so as to restore the trip lever 30 and stop dog 27 to the positions shown in the drawings.

The means for actuating the movable cutter or knife 7 includes links, 35 connecting said knife member to transmission arms 36 fixed to a rock shaft 37, a drive arm 38 fixed handle to the link 39 during the cutting op- 27 adapted to enter one of the.

eration. At this time the paper feeding device isat rest and the movable knife member 7 is elevated to cut the three strips of paper as previously described. Thereafter, the handle is restored by a spring 42, shown in Fig. V. During this return movement, the operating handle strikes a pin 43 on the slotted link 39 to restore the movable knife member.

44 designates a, ratchet bar movable with the rack 19, and provided with a row of ratchet teeth adapted to cooperate with a double full stroke pawl F. This double pawl is pivotally supported on one end of the shaft 15, and it has pawl elements 45 and 46 each of which is adapted to cooperate with the teeth on ratchet bar 44. The pawl may be moved about the axis of shaft 15 to release one of its pawl elements and to engage the otherpawl element with the ratchet teeth. When this full stroke pawl is shifted to either of its operative )ositions, it is retained there by a spring 4 7, ranged that the pawl may be tripped and overthrown from one position to another, and when either of the pawl elements 45 or 46 engage the ratchet bar 44, it will be yieldingly retained in such engagement by the s ring 47. The means for shifting or tripping the full stroke pawl comprises an abutment pin 48 (Fig. VI) extending from the pawl, and a pair of abutment fingers 49 and 50 adjustably secured to the ratchet bar 44. When the operating handle 21 is pulled to the left from the position shown in Figs. V and VI, it actuates the paper feeding device and the cutting device. At this time the pawl element 45 engages the ratchet bar 44 to prevent the handle from returning before the paper feeding and cutting elements have completely performed their-functions. At the end of the stroke, the abutment finger 50 strikes the abutment pin 48 on the pawl F, so as to release the pawl element 45 and engage the pawl element 46 with the ratchet teeth. The pawl element 46 then constitutes a stop for preventing the handle from comtinuin to move to the left (Fig. VI). However, t is pawl element 46 permits the handle to return to its starting position, and upon the completion of such movement, the abutment finger 49 strikes the abutment pin 48 to restore the pawl to the osition shown in Fig. II. It will be un erstood that the double pawl has the'function of an ordinary full stroke pawl, and it also serves as means for limiting the movements of the operating handle, said handle being stopped at the end of each stroke when the pawl is shifted from one position to another. The movement of the paper feeding device may, therefore, be varied or regulated by adjusting the abutment finger 49.

52 designates a paper feeding roll arranged over the feed wheels or rolls 4, and

which is so ar-' "from a point near the bottom of a door 62,

1ournaled in a pair of arms 53, said arms "qu'ence, the paper is maintained under tenbeing pivoted at 54. Links depending from the arms 53, are connected at their lower ends to a spring 56, so as to force the upper feed roll 52 toward the feed wheels or rolls 4. The paper is thus firmly clamped between the rotatable feeding elements during the paper feeding operations.

The means for shifting theroll 52 away from the lower rolls, so as to allow the paper to pass freely under the roll 52, comprises a shifter lever 57 pivoted to one of the arms 53 at the axis of roll 52, and provided with a cam face 58 (Fig. VI) adapted to engage a stationary part of the machine. This shifter 57 may be moved from the position shown by full lines in Fig. VI to' the position shown by dotted lines, with the result of elevating the feed roll 52, thereby allowing the paper to be fed by hand to the cutting elements. The shifter lever 57 has a flat face'58 adapted toengage a stationary part of the machine when said lever occupies the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. VI, the object being to retain the parts in the position shown by dotted lines, and this is accomplished when the flat face 58 engages the flat stationary part of the machine.

A deflector plate 60 (Fig. VIII). carried by the movable knife member 7, is provided with; an upwardly extending wire loop 61 which engages the paper elements B during the cutting operation. The "wire loop 61 defleets the individual sheets B upwardly to a plane near the top wall of the record compartment 9, so that the sheets will pass freely onto the top of a pile of similarindividual sheets (not shown) supported by the record'holde'r 10. v

The record holder 10 is inclined upwardly and said record holder is pivoted at 63 near 7 the bottom of said door. A wing 64 extending upwardly from the record holder at a point opposite the door 62, serves as a stop for the sheets of paper. A lever 65 (Fig. V) pivoted at 66, engages the bottom face of the inclined record holder 10. A spring 67 is connected to the lever 65 for the purpose of yieldingly holding the record holder in an inclined position. In removing the record sheets from the record holder, the door 62 is opened and the record holder is forced downwardly about the axis of its pivot 63 to locate the stop win 64 in a position where it will not inter ere with the removal of the record sheets through the door opening.

The/roll of paper 1 is supported by a core 68, the latter being detachably secured to a removable paper holder as will be hereinafter described. Friction elements associated with the core 68 tend to prevent the roll of paper from turning, and, as a consesion at the small roller 2 (Fig. VIII) during the paper feeding operations. In passing around the roller 2, the tensioned paper is turned abruptly in a direction opposed to the direction in which it was wound in the roll, and as a consequ'ence,.the paper is uncurled or straightened before it reaches the platen 3.

The removable paper holder comprises a pair-of side plates 69 and 70, pivotally supported at the axis of .the roll of paper, a cross bar 71 connecting said side plates and a wire sprin 72 extending from said cross bar and fitte to a door 73 at one end of the machine; A sleeve 74 (Fig. III) extending through the core 68', is provided with an annular flange 75 which engages the outer face of the side plate 70. One end of this sleeve is split, as indicated at 76 in Fig. III, to form yicldable friction elements which engage a tubular member 77, the latter being arranged within the sleeve 74 and provided with an annular flan e 78 which engages the outer face of the side plate 69. A plunger rod 79 slidablyfitted to the tubular member 77 is provided with an annular flange 80 and a trunnion 81. The sleeve 74 has a trunnion 82 which is alined with the trunnion 81. 83 designates a spring arranged between the annular flanges 78 and 80 so as to yieldingly force the flanges 'f? 5 and 80 into engagementwith friction suraces.

Bearing arms 84, extending inwardly from points near the door 73 are provided with guideways 85 (Figs. V and VIII) which terminate in bearings for the trunnions 81 and 82. These bearings are formed by round holes at the inner ends of guideways 85. When the door 73 is open,

the tiltablewings- 69 and 70 and the cross bar 71 will drop by gravity to expose the roll of paper, andthe paper holder may be easily removed from the machine, by releasing the trunnions 81 and 82 from their bearings and then pulling the paper holder through the adjacent door opening. The trunnion 81 forms part of the slidable plunger rod 79 so that the paper holder may be easily manipulated to release the trunnions from'their bearings, and the trunnions will then pass freely along the guideways 85 to permit the removal of the paper holder.

When the paper holder is separated from the machine, the core 68 may be easily detached by pulling the tubular member 77 from one end of the core and then pulling the sleeve 74 from the opposite end of the core.

I claim 1. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, said paper vfeeding device including a toothed driven member, operating means to sever the paper while said toot ed driven member is engaged with said plain face.

2. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, said paper feeding device including a pinion opcrating means to actuate the paper feeding device and then continue in motion while the paper feeding device is at rest, said operating means including a driver for actuating said pi'nion and an operating handle to actuate said driver, said driver having a row of teeth which mesh with the pinion to feed the paper and which pass from the pinion at the end of the paper feeding operation, said driveralso having a plain face to engage two teeth of the pinion to lock the latter while the paper feeding device is at rest, and a cutting device actuated by said operating means to severthe paper, While said plain face is engaged with said two teeth of the pinion.

3. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, said paper feeding device including a pinion through which movement is transmitted to the paper,fa cutting device for cutting the paper into individual sheets after it passes from said paper feeding device, and operating means to actuate said paper-feeding device and then continue in motion to operate the cutting device While the aper is at rest, said operating'means inclu ing a rack for operating the paper feeding device, the rack being provided with a row of teeth to mesh with the pinion during the paper feeding operation and passin from the pinion at the end of the paper eeding operation, said rack also having a plain face to engage and lock the pinion when the rack teeth are disengaged therefrom, and means for actuating'the cutting device while the plain face of the rack is engaged with the pinion.

4. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, operating means for actuating said paper feeding device, a stop membermovable with said paper feeding device, a tripable stop cooperating with said stop member to stop messes the paper feeding device, a spring tending to move said tripable stop to its operative position, a releasing device to release said tripablestop at the end of the paper feeding operation, and means whereby said releasin device is placed under the control of said operating means.

5. In an autographic' register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, operating means for actuating said paper feeding device, a stop wheel movable with said paper feeding device,a tripable stop dog in the form of a lever having an abutment to engage said stop wheel to stop the paper feeding device, a spring tending to move said trip'able stop dog to its operative position, a releasing device to release said tripable stop dog at the end of the paper feeding operation, and means whereby said releasing device is placed under the control of said operating means.

6. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a stri of paper, said paper feeding device inclu in a pair of opposing feed rollers, and a shifter for moving one of said rollers away from the other to allow the paper to pass freely between them, said shifter having a cam pivoted directly to one'of said rollers.

7. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, said paper feeding device including a pair of opposing feed rollers, a spring for forcing one of said rollers toward the other, the last mentioned roller being shiftable to allow the paper to pass freely between the rollers, and a shifter including a cam pivotally connected to the shiftable roller, said cam having a flat face to engage a stationary part of the machine to retain the shifter in its operative position.

8. In an autographic register, a paper feeding device for feeding a strip of paper, said paper feeding device including a pair of opposing feed rollers, a pair of pivotally supported arms in which one of said feed rollers is rotatably mounted, a spring connected to one of said arms to force the last mentioned roll into engagement with the pa: per, and a shifter for moving the last mentioned roller away from the path of the paper, said shifter comprising a cam pivotally connected to one of said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

WARD S. IRELAND. 

